Since I am now relatively happy with where this is at (v1.0.0 being released this Saturday) I thought I would post so more folk can get access to the DCS World Dedicated server without having to pay for more expensive windows VPS hosts.
tl;dr?
Q: What does this Docker image do?
A: It lets you run the DCS Dedicated server on Linux (in a Docker container) with web based access to a GUI running the xfce desktop environment complete with auto installation (including chosen map modules), auto startup and auto updates.
This container can be found at https://github.com/Aterfax/DCS-World-Dedicated-Server-Docker , example Docker Compose files are provided with instructions on usage in the README.
If people have requests, bug reports etc... please let me know on the GitHub pages as an issue or in a discussion. I'll do my best to try to keep things working but please remember maintaining this for free is not my day job.
The installation process (subject to the user setting the correct options) looks like this:
At present the DCS Dedicated server docker seems to work well (though I have not done any performance comparisons with native Windows execution) and I should eventually be releasing an update that allows people to use it with DCSServerbot - https://github.com/Special-K-s-Flightsim-Bots/DCSServerBot
This server docker is probably also well complimented by some other docker containers I produce:
The Sneaker WebGCI docker I also maintain (much credit to the original code developers) which provides a web accessible GCI style live display of a DCS Server - https://github.com/Aterfax/sneaker
The Sneaklardooon docker (which wraps Sneaker with Lardoon and Jambon to also provide a web accessible Tacview recording repository also with much credit to the original code developers.) https://github.com/Aterfax/docker-Sneaklardooon
If a mod / ED Staff member fancied pinning this post in the "Multiplayer Server Administration" forum section I'd be much obliged.